Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 843
CHAPTER TWO 843 the head and has drowned many a soul. Do you not know the manner in which the priests mislead? Doubtless, I have been sent at a time that has through its darkness-rendered the whole world impure and ruined those who inhabited it. What, then, has gone wrong with you that you do not understand? By God, there is no other nation in the world whose condition is more astonishing than yours. It has been a long time since you began treating me with indifference and disinterest. You witnessed Signs and were granted perspicuous evidence, yet you rejected them all as if they were worthless pebbles. The doors of piety were opened to you, but you closed them upon yourselves lest goodness should enter your homes. What has gone wrong with you that you do not observe the limits set by Allah and hasten to deny me? Allah is wielding His sword. He is ready to attack anyone who crosses the limits set by Him. Indeed, I am the Promised Messiah, but you reject me and slur foul language against me. You also say that my claim is false and is a state- ment that has been opposed by earlier people. This statement of yours has shocked me, despite all your claims to knowledge and scholarship. Do you allege something that contradicts the Holy Quran, even while you are aware of it? Any claim of ijma' [consensus] after the Companionsгa [of the Holy Prophetsa] is false and an atrocious lie. Only the wrongdoers can persist in it. And what consensus? Have you forgotten what the Mu'tazilah said? Do you think they were not Muslims, and only you are Muslims? Thus it is proven that your viewpoint is not unanimous; rather, there are disagreements among you. Therefore, Allah Himself will now decide about your mutual disagreements. I am supported by the testimony and Signs from my Lord to which you are witnesses. Do you persist in denial? There is no blame on those who passed away before me, and they are not answerable for what they did. However, those whom my claim has reached, who have seen my Signs, who recognized me, and to whom I introduced myself, and